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Melvina

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108361
MRDS ID DC05042
Record type Site
Current site name Melvina
Related records 10190399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38419, 40.04919 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01N 71W 18 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38419, 40.04919
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD TELLURIDE AND FREE GOLD AS ORE MINERALS. A LITTLE PYRITE AND GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ?-1883

Mining district

District name Gold Hill

Comments on the production information

  • $300,000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS P.P. 223, PG 254

  • Deposit

    USGS GOLD HILL TOPO QUAD, 1957, 7 1/2 MIN.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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